DAILY LIFT UP – Tuesday, 16th December 2025
Theme: THE CHURCH
Lesson: THE CHURCH, HER WORKERS
Scripture Reference:
John 6:28,29.
The Church workers are also the Church members. Primarily and scripturally, the call of God is a call to work. To accept God’s call is not to go finding out what to get but what to do. Therefore, everyone who answers God’s call in Christ is accepting God’s salvation and service. Like an army, every believer in Christ is a troop or soldier. It is believing and becoming a member of a workforce. So, what is the actual difference between one worker and the other? It is in the nature of the assignment. We notice that the one consensus assignment in the Scripture is that we (all members) should believe in the one God has sent to us – Jesus Christ.
It is Jesus, our head, that shares responsibilities and He does so according to the measure of anointing or grace with which we have been bestowed. Howbeit, all assignments are geared towards the edification of the entire body or workforce. (See 1Cor.14:26)
No worker does anything by his power. They are variously gifted as God deems fit according to ‘1Cor. 4:7′. God, by releasing grace to us with which to do any work in the body of believers in Christ, never made anyone superior to the others who are not given the same measure of grace. But everyone is expected to search to uncover his/her God – given ability at any point in time since it is according to various assignments – see a typical example of God’s way of sharing gifts or enablement in Moses’ regime in ‘Num. 7:6-9’. In that shadowy example, the substance we see is that there are supplies that can be accessed by ‘sister A’ because of her kind of assignment any given time which cannot be equally accessed by ‘sister B’ in the same workforce as it would be a waste in the hand of the latter. God, Himself, does not expect us to offer prayer asking for such because He would see as asking to gratify fleshly passions – cf. Jam. 4:1-4.
The one Church is not given a name in Scripture. Similarly, Church workers are not given titles in Scripture. Church workers are only tagged in line with the offices they occupy at any point in time: ‘Bro. Samson’ can serve in the office of a Deacon, and so he can be addressed ‘Deacon Samson’ as long as he is in that office. But the most appropriate way to avoid confusion into titles is ‘Bro. Samson (Deacon)’; ‘Bro. Ekperikpe (Evangelist)’; ‘Sis Joy (Deaconess)’ and so on. If Bro. Samson moves next two years to work as an ‘Elder’, he is addressed as ‘Bro. Samson (Elder)’ and so on.
EVALUATION
1. All workers are members. Does that include the Pastors, the Superintendents(?), General overseer(?), the Reverends(?), the Evangelist? the Prophets? etc.
2. To go to God is to go finding out what to do; not what to get. Discuss
3. It is services delivery that makes salvation credible. Why?
4. All of us, God has called to be servants. What therefore differs us one from another according to ‘Num. 7:6-9’?”
Conclusion
Let’s focus on serving, not titles or recognition. We’re all workers, gifted differently, but united in purpose. Let’s uncover our God-given abilities and serve with excellence.
Benediction
May God empower us to serve with humility and love, bringing glory to His name. May we be faithful stewards of His grace, building up the body of Christ. Amen 🙏
Evaluation Answers
1. Yes, all workers, including Pastors, Superintendents, General Overseers, Reverends, Evangelists, and Prophets, are members of the body of Christ, called to serve.
2. When we approach God, we should seek to serve, not just receive blessings. It’s about aligning with God’s purpose, not just personal gain. Scripture encourages us to seek God’s will and do it (John 6:28-29).
3. Our actions demonstrate our faith; serving others makes our salvation credible (Jam. 2:26; Matt. 25:31-40).
4. The difference lies in the nature of our assignments and the measure of anointing/grace given to each of us (1 Cor. 12:4-11; Num. 7:6-9).
VIA:
Michael James Ekperikpe (MSN)
CEO, Read and Reap Bible Enterprises, a Bible-based Mental Engineering Initiative.
